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January SAAZ BREWZletter
January Meeting
RESULTS – Officer Elections and Bylaws
Intraclub Brew Challenge
Upcoming Events & Competitions
St. Baldrick’s Shave Team/Bottoms Up Beer Run
SAAZ Policy Alert
January SAAZ Meeting – Sunday, January 18th, 2pm
Coasters Pub & Biergarten
Come to the first SAAZ meeting of the year and enjoy a beer in the Biergarten with your SAAZ friends!
Welcome the new officers!
Partake in the entries for the First Ever SAAZ Intraclub Brew Challenge!
Learn about a new hop – Mandarina Bavaria
Pay your dues
RAFFLE RAFFLE RAFFLE!!!
RESULTS – 2015 SAAZ Officer Elections and Approval of Bylaws Changes
Two very important items were voted on at the SAAZ Holiday Party – 2015 Officer Elections and Approval of the Bylaws Changes.
Congratulations to your new 2015 SAAZ Officers!
President – Dan Shirah
1st VP – Keith Allen
2nd VP – Dave Webb
Secretary – Adrian Moser
Treasurer – Sean Gregg
Newsletter Editor – Anne Gregg
Librarian – Ken Adams
Proposed Bylaw Changes passed. Here are the newly adopted SAAZ BYLAWS.
SAAZ Intraclub Brew Challenge
SAAZ has starting a quarterly Intraclub Brew Challenge. We would like to encourage more brewing in the club and provide more feedback to our brewers. Each quarter the club will announce the challenge ingredient/style and requirements.
RULES:
1) Must be a current SAAZ Member with 2015 Dues paid.
2) Sign-up for the challenge at a meeting – General or Officer. The supplies for each challenge are limited and to keep things fair for all we will not accept sign-ups at any other time.
3) Must pick up special ingredient at a SAAZ Meeting (General or Officer), we will not make special arrangements to deliver items.
4) Bring 6 – 12 oz bottles or a 64 oz growler of your beer to the designated meeting for judging.
5) SAAZ will provide a prize for the winner of the challenge. We also encourage you to enter into upcoming homebrew competitions to win even more!
6) If you fail to participate in a challenge it will affect your ability to partake in future challenges.
CHALLENGE #1 – HOPPY NEW YEAR!
SORRY, CHALLENGE #1 IS FULL.
If you signed up, schedule your brew day!
***Make sure your brew is ready for the January Meeting***
Remember the goal of the challenge is to feature the new Mandarina Bavaria hops in your brew. The winner will be selected by a panel of BJCP Judges.
CHALLENGE #2 – SWEET AS HONEY
Brew something with honey – beer, mead or cider. The goal is to feature honey in your brew. All styles welcome. Each brewer will receive 1lb of Webb’s World Famous Honey. Winner will be selected at the Spring Party. We have only 2 spots for the challenge!
HAPPY BREWING and GOOD LUCK!
Upcoming Events: mark your calendars and join us!
SAAZ GOOGLE CALENDAR LINK
January SAAZ Meeting – January 18th, 2pm @ Coasters Pub & Biergarten
February SAAZ Meeting – February 15th, 2pm @ The Mansion
Space Coast Craft Beer Festival – February 21st @ Space Coast Harley Davidson, for tickets and info visit www.spacecoastcraftbeerfestival.com
Belgian Beer Fest – March 6th – March 8th, Coasters Pub & Biergarten
SAAZ Spring Party – March 21st, Noon @ Suntree Rotary Park
SAAZ South Florida Pub Crawl – ???? Details to come
April SAAZ Meeting – April 19th, 2pm @TBD
May SAAZ Meeting – May 17th, 2pm @ TBD
Bottoms Up Beer Run – June 13th, 6pm @ Wickham Park
SAAZ Summer Party – June 20th, 12pm @Chet’s House
2015 Dues – Time to renew!
If you want to be included in all the fun events SAAZ has coming up, it’s time to renew your membership. Some of the upcoming events and brew challenges are only open to currently paid 2015 members. There are many advantages to membership, you do not want to miss out. Please pay the Treasurer (Sean Gregg) at any club meeting or online at our website via PayPal – Click here to pay. Make sure to get your new membership card from the secretary.
Individual Membership = $15 Family Membership = $25 Lifetime Membership = $150
Upcoming Competitions – showcase your award winning homebrew!
Make a new year’s resolution to brew more and enter competitions. Perfect place to showcase your Intraclub Brew Challenge Beers!
Best Florida Beer Championship – 2/28/15 in Tampa FLORIDA CIRCUIT COMPETITION
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Entry Window 12/27/14-1/24/15 @ Pair o’ Dice
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Early Judging 2/14-15/15 and 2/21-22/15 @ Cigar City Brewing
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Final Judging and Awards Ceremony 2/28/15 @ Yuengling
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Please use the link here to preregister: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R3VR58B
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Contact John O’Meara
For more competitions visit the AHA. http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/aha-events/calendar/?event_id=16
Club Policy Alert!!!
Did you know SAAZ reimburses members for entries in Florida Homebrew Circuit Competitions?
Competition Entry Reimbursement (10/2/13) – Any SAAZ Member in good standing is eligible for reimbursement. SAAZ will reimburse members for 10 entries per person per calendar year up to a total spent of $1000/year. Members must enter Florida Homebrew Circuit competitions and submit their receipts to the treasurer for reimbursement.
Prost! Cheers! Happy Birthday!
Edward Beyette, Andrew Carpenter, Beth Ferris, Ric Huber and Vince Ramos
Don’t see your name? It could be that Secretary (Adrian Moser) doesn’t have your completed membership form. Ask him for one at the next meeting so we can include you!
St. Baldrick’s Shave Event – March 14th
Be part of the fun… Be part of the cure… Help conquer Childhood Cancer!!!
Don Ferris has once again courageously faced baldness head on and committed to shave his head for St. Baldrick’s – join him as a shavee or donate to the cause.
We have a SAAZ team for the St. Baldrick’s shaving event at the Avenues on March 14th.
Here is the link for the SAAZ team: https://www.stbaldricks.org/teams/mypage/96070/2015
Bottoms Up Beer Run – June 13th, 2015 @ 6pm
Save the date & tell your friends to join us for an awesome 4K with homebrew along the way! Proceeds from the run support St. Baldrick’s!
Please email Anne or sign up at a meeting to help. We need brewers, planning committee members and event volunteers.
SAAZ Library
The SAAZ Library is full of great books and magazines to help make you a better brewer. You can view the entire list of publications here. If you see something that interests you, simply send an email to the librarian with your name and the publication title, and the Librarian will bring it to the next monthly member meeting.
If you have borrowed an item from the library this year, please return it to Ken ASAP.
Feedback/Contact Us
We need your help! We are very interested in improving the club and we’d like to hear what you think. If you have comments or suggestions about the Newsletter, Website, Activities, or the Club in general, please send an email to editor@saaz.org.
Contact Us:
President: Dan Shirah – president@saaz.org
First VP/Competition Coordinator: Keith Allen- 1stvp@saaz.org
Second VP/Party & Event Planner: Dave Webb – 2ndvp@saaz.org
Secretary/Membership: Adrian Moser – secretary@saaz.org
Treasurer: Sean Gregg – treasurer@saaz.org
Newsletter/Webmaster: Anne Gregg – editor@saaz.org
Librarian: Ken Adams – library@saaz.org